Watch a traveler make karaoke magic at a Southwest Airlines gate in New Orleans

Updated on Sep 30, 2017 at 09:01 AM CDT

A Facebook video posted Sept. 24, 2017 showing a traveler singing at a Southwest Airlines gate at the New Orleans airport has gone viral. (Photo "Falling down from stage" by raphaelstrada licensed via Flickr under CC BY 2.0)

A Southwest Airlines gate at Louis Armstrong International Airport turned into an impromptu karaoke party when a passenger happily accepted a song and dance challenge from employees working there.

Facebook user Mike Vidala posted video last Sunday (Sept. 24) of the passenger, who is not named, getting down to his own rendition of the 1996 classic jam "No Diggity" by Blackstreet on the public-address system at Gate B7. The faces of fellow travelers shift from confusion to amusement as they start to pull out their phones to record the spur-of-the-moment performance.

The video has since gone viral, with nearly 11,000 shares, more than 5,000 likes, and 1,500 comments.

In his post, Vidala explained the video was taken after the Southwest Airlines employees in the video had playfully suggested passengers who approached the gate desk would have to sing a song before asking a question. The man in the video, who appears to be wearing a T-shirt with the Washington Redskins NFL team logo, doesn't miss a beat as he pulls the PA mic over the gate desk and launches into song.

The result? A delightful - and we think very New Orleans - reminder that waiting in the airport can actually sometime be a very good experience. Just leave it to a guy with a thing for 1990s throwbacks.